What is the figures of speech in the sick rose by William Blake?

Answer 1

It is my opinion that William Blake wrote the Sick Rose to describe how an affair may have been negatively affecting his relationship with his wife. (However I don't know anything thing about Blake having a rocky relationship with his wife, he did however disapprove of the institution of marriage.) The Rose represents love and the worm death and decay. The bed can be both the bed that in which the flower sits or the bed of two lovers. Also the words crimson love connote both sexual pleasure and shame. To me this poem is about an affair, dark love, destroying a good love relationship between his wife so a second opinion may be that he saw a friend going through this type relationship! I hope this satisfies (my information came in part from sparknotes.com)

Answer 2

There's so much figurative language in "London" that I could not take that much time; however, I will say that most lines are filled with imagery, but to be more specific, the last line of the second verse is personification and the last line in the third stanza as well. There are more than a few alliterations, one in "...a mark in every face I meet" and in third stanza, third line.

Answer 3

The figure of speech in "The Sick Rose" by William Blake includes symbolism, metaphor, and personification. The rose symbolizes purity and innocence, while the worm represents corruption and decay. The use of personification gives human qualities to the rose and the worm, enhancing the poem's themes of love and destruction.